Improvement in cane and maize cutters



J; W. GORMACK.

Corn and Sugar-Cane Cutter.

Patented Nov. 1, 1853.

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J. \V. OORMAOK, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANE AND MAIZE CUTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 10.178, dated November1, 1853.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. W. CORMAOK, of the city of Quincy, in the countyof Adams and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Corn andSugar-Cane Gutter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof, to wit:

To the surface of the body of a sled is attached a knife and an arm bymeans of a framing. The knife is on a level with the body of the sledand projecting some two or three feet over its side. The arm, by meansof the framing, is placed some three feet over the knife and slightly inadvance of it, so that when the sled is drawn forward the arm comesfirst in contact with the corn and bends it forward, and then the knifecomes in contact with it, and in addition to its being drawn forward ithas a slight side motion by means of a spring, which facilitates thecutting operation. After the knife passes through the corn the armthrows it forward and lays it all in one direction. After one row hasbeen cut to the end, and previous to commencing another, the knife andthe arm are revolved to the other side of the sled by means of a crankplaced at the back of the sled. (See accompanying drawa Drawing No. 1shows a side view of the sled, with the knife B and the arm A in the actof being revolved from one side of the sled to the other. The arm Apasses through the framing J and L. It acts upon a pin at J and works ina groove at G. It is kept in its position by means of a spring, (shownatf,) which allows it to yield slightly when pressed in front. The knifeB is attached to the framing O by passing through it, and being securedby a pin at L, and also passing through and working in a groove at N. Itis kept in by a spring, (shown at E,) which allows it to yield on beingpressed in front. The framing to which the arm is attached is made torevolve on pivots placed at O ill the uprights H. The framing in whichthe knife is placed revolves on its axis D, secured to the uprights H,and both it and the arm are acted upon by the crank F.

I is the body of the sled, and M the shafts.

Drawing No. 2 shows the cutter (looking from behind) with the arm A andthe knife B in a position for working.

Drawing No. 3 shows the cutter (looking from above it) with the arm andthe knife in a position for working.

What I claim as my own invention, and not previously known or used, is

The framing and manner of attaching the knife and arm to the sled.

J. W. GORMAOK. Witnesses:

A. JONAS, J. B. SMITH.

